Child Of The 1980's

Having written about Colgate Blue Minty Gel Toothpaste earlier this week I thought we’d have a survey this weekend to see how good you lot are at keeping those teeth of yours in tip top condition.  Don’t worry, it’s completely anonymous, so be honest about how often you keep those chompers brushed…

Over the years the good people at animation house Cosgrove Hall have produced some of my favourite childhood TV series.  From Chorlton and the Wheelies to DangerMouse they produced some of the shows that people my age look back on with immense fondness.  However, todays post is about one of their shows that you might not remember, and that is Alias the Jester.

Alias the Jester only lasted a single series of 13 episodes starting back in 1985, so that’s why you might not recognise it.  It wasn’t a bad cartoon by any means, but somehow it lacked that spark that their other shows had, and I think the main reason for that is purely because the main character himself wasn’t really very interesting to look at.  He’s the one in the jesters uniform, funnily enough.

Alias (voiced by the British institution that is Richard Briers) was actually a time traveller whose ship broke down leaving him stranded in medieval times.  In order to fit in he took a job as a jester in King Arthur’s court (and no, I don’t think it was that King Arthur, you know, the one with Excalibur and the Round Table) but when crisis came he could instantly revert to his red suit which gave him special powers including the ability to fly and have increased strength.  He was also accompanied by Boswell, who was obviously some kind of strange space dog (he was green), but he was a faithful companion who helped out when needed.

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